And Hamanוַ הָמָןwent outיֵּצֵאthatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםgladשָׂמֵחַand goodוְטוֹבof heart;לֵבbut whenוְכִHamanהָמָןsawרְאוֹתMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיin the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְgate,בְּשַׁעַרand that he did notוְלֹאriseקָםand did notוְלֹאtrembleזָעbefore him,מִמֶּנּוּHamanוַ הָמָןwas filledיִּמָּלֵאwith furyחֵמָהagainstעַלMordecai.מָרְדֳּכַי
Esther 5:9
Study it in the app“And Haman went out that day glad and good of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not rise and did not tremble before him, Haman was filled with fury against Mordecai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 5:9, word by word
- And Hamanהָמָןhaman
Haman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- gladשָׂמֵחַsameach
joyful, glad
Joyful, glad.
Where else “sameach” appears- and goodטוֹבtov
glad
Light of spirit and at ease, with a peaceful heart.
Where else “tov” appears- of heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- sawרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears- in the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- riseקָםkam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kam” appears- trembleזָעza
tremble
To quake with awe or fear before someone.
Where else “za” appears- was filledיִּמָּלֵאyimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yimale” appears- with furyחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
8if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to grant my request and to do my petition, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”
9 · This verse (above)
10But Haman restrained himself and went to his house; and he sent and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife.